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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ath11k: Change DMA_FROM_DEVICE to DMA_TO_DEVICE when
 map
 reinjected packets
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
In-Reply-To: <20210916064617.20006-1-bqiang@codeaurora.org>
References: <20210916064617.20006-1-bqiang@codeaurora.org>
To:     Baochen Qiang <bqiang@codeaurora.org>
Cc:     ath11k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Date:   Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:05:45 +0000 (UTC)
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Baochen Qiang <bqiang@codeaurora.org> wrote:

> For fragmented packets, ath11k reassembles each fragment as a normal
> packet and then reinjects it into HW ring. In this case, the DMA
> direction should be DMA_TO_DEVICE, not DMA_FROM_DEVICE, otherwise
> invalid payload will be reinjected to HW and then delivered to host.
> What is more, since arbitrary memory could be allocated to the frame, we
> don't know what kind of data is contained in the buffer reinjected.
> Thus, as a bad result, private info may be leaked.
> 
> Note that this issue is only found on Intel platform.
> 
> Tested-on: QCA6390 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HST.1.0.1-01740-QCAHSTSWPLZ_V2_TO_X86-1
> Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <bqiang@codeaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

86a03dad0f5a ath11k: Change DMA_FROM_DEVICE to DMA_TO_DEVICE when map reinjected packets

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